1PSPSVG(1)                        User commands                       PSPSVG(1)
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NAME

6       pspsvg - convert PaintShop Pro® gradients (jgd, PspGradient) to the SVG
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SYNOPSIS

10       pspsvg [-g geometry] [-h] [-o file] [-p] [-v] [-V] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The pspsvg utility converts the gradient files used by PaintShop Pro
14       (which usually have the extension jgd or PspGradient) to the Scalar
15       Vector Graphics (SVG) format.
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17       The program will read from stdin if a file is not specified as the
18       final argument, and write to stdout if the -o option is not specified.
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20       The output is formatted for machines to read, rather than humans. A
21       post-processor such as tidy(1) could be used in the latter case.
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OPTIONS

24       --backtrace-file path
25           Specify a file to which to write a formatted backtrace. The file
26           will only be created if there is a backtrace created, typically
27           when an error occurs.
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29       --backtrace-format format
30           Specify the format of the backtrace written to the files specified
31           by --backtrace-file, one of plain, xml or json.
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33       -g, --geometry widthxheight
34           Specify the size of the SVG preview in pixels.
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36       -h, --help
37           Brief help.
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39       -o, --output file
40           Write the output to file, rather than stdout.
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42       -p, --preview
43           Include a preview in the SVG output. See also the --geometry
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46       -v, --verbose
47           Verbose operation.
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49       -V, --version
50           Version information.
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EXAMPLES

53       Create a machine-readable SVG file:
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55           pspsvg -v -o new.svg old.jgd
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57       Create a human-readable SVG file:
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59           pspsvg old.jgd | tidy -xml -indent -o new.svg
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NOTES

62       The author could find no public documentation for the PaintShop Pro
63       gradient file format and so reverse-engineered it for the first version
64       of this program. An improved analysis of the format by Olivier
65       Berten[1] was used for the present version.
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67       The PaintShop Pro format can be read by Photoshop, but Photoshop's
68       native (grd) gradient format cannot be read by this program. To convert
69       Photoshop gradients, see the pssvg(1) documentation.
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71       PaintShop Pro® is a trademark of the Corel Corporation. Adobe
72       Photoshop® is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
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AUTHOR

75       J. J. Green
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SEE ALSO

78       pssvg(1), svgpsp(1), tidy(1).
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NOTES

81        1. Olivier Berten
82           http://www.selapa.net/swatches/gradients/fileformats.php
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